Matthew Gray Gubler is an American actor and director.
He is best known for his role as the criminal profiler Dr. Spencer Reid in the CBS television
show Criminal Minds, of which he has also directed seven episodes.
Gubler has appeared in The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, Days of Summer and as the voice
of Simon in Alvin and the Chipmunks and its two sequels.
Early life Gubler was born in Las Vegas, Nevada, the
son of Marilyn, a rancher and political consultant, and John Gubler, an attorney.
Gubler is a high school graduate of the Las Vegas Academy of International Studies, where
he majored in acting, because the school did not offer his first choice, film making.
He is a graduate of New York University's Tisch School of the Arts where he majored
in film directing.
He also attended University of California, Santa Cruz.
Career Modeling
While at NYU film school, Gubler was found by a model scout and then worked as a model
with DNA Model Management for Tommy Hilfiger, Marc Jacobs and American Eagle among others.
He was also ranked No. 46 on models.com list of top 50 male models.
He has modeled brands such as Burberry, Marc Jacobs, and various others.
Acting After he began modeling, Gubler had an internship
for Wes Anderson, who encouraged him to audition for a part in his movie The Life Aquatic with
Steve Zissou.
Gubler did, and landed the role of Nico.
This led to his role as Dr. Spencer Reid in Criminal Minds.
He also had a small role in the 2006 film RV as the disreputable Joe Joe and voiced
the character of Simon in 2007's Alvin and the Chipmunks and again in 2009 and 2011 for
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel and Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chip-Wrecked, alongside
Jason Lee as Dave, Justin Long as Alvin, and Jesse McCartney as Theodore.
He provided the voice of Winsor in Scooby-Doo!
Legend of the Phantosaur.
He also appeared as Bart, the main character in How to Be a Serial Killer, and played the
role of Paul in the 2009 film "(500) Days of Summer".
He has also done voice work for the DC Universe Animated Original Movies line.
He has played Jimmy Olsen in All-Star Superman and is set to the play The Riddler in the
animated film: Batman: Assault on Arkham Filmmaking
While making The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, Gubler made the documentary entitled Matthew
Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal, a behind-the-scenes view of the making of
the film, which was later included in the Criterion Collection DVD release.
Gubler has directed and starred in a series of self-deprecating mockumentaries named Matthew
Gray Gubler: the Unauthorized Documentary in which he parodies Hollywood behavior, which
are filmed while on the set of Criminal Minds.
A follow-up "Matthew Gray Gubler: The Authorized Documentary" was also made, although only
one episode is currently available.
He directed, edited, and co-produced the music video for "Don't Shoot Me Santa" by the rock
band The Killers.
He has also directed the episode "Mosley Lane" which was season 5 of Criminal Minds, which
originally aired March 3, 2010, along with the episode "Lauren", which aired a year later
on March 16, 2011.
The episode "Lauren" included the exit of Criminal Minds series regular Paget Brewster,
who maintains a friendship with Gubler outside of work on the show.
Brewster specifically asked Gubler to direct her last episode for the show, although it
was announced later that she would return for season seven.
His third Criminal Minds episode as a director, "Heathridge Manor", aired on April 4, 2012.
Gubler's fourth Criminal Minds episode as a director, "The Lesson", aired December 5,
2012.
He also directed the twentieth episode of the eighth season of Criminal Minds, "Alchemy".
He also directed the seventh episode of the ninth season, "Gatekeeper"(9x7), and "Blood
Relations".
Personal life Gubler divides his time between Los Angeles
and New York.
Gubler dislocated his knee while dancing in 2009.
The injury required three surgical procedures and the use of a cane for nearly a year.
Filmography Guest Star
Other References
External links Official website
Matthew Gray Gubler at the Internet Movie Database